March 6, 2009

Frodus Reuniting for Free SXSW Show

I’ve been avoiding most of the needless SXSW buzz-mongering, since the festival is largely an excuse for music biz insiders — and people who want to pretend they’re insiders — to get wasted all day for a week straight and schmooze, albeit with some decent bands as a soundtrack.

However, this news is too good to pass up. And it almost makes me want to forget all my daily responsibilities and head to Austin. I mean, seriously, Frodus is playing! FRODUS! From the Facebook event invite:

2009 has seen the world economy crumble due to the unethical practices of businessmen and corporate oligarchy. The current administration with the assistance of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, has reached out to the Frodus Conglomerate International for aid. Calls were made, doors were closed and numbers adjusted. After weeks of vicious negotiation both parties agreed on a proper course of action.

The Frodus Conglomerate International will address the public for the first time in 10 years on Saturday March 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm in Austin, Texas. Austin will be the first of several public forums to address current global conditions forewarned by the FCI in years past. The Conglomerate has employed Liam Wilson of the Dillinger Escape Plan to supply bass guitar for this address while Nathan Burke organizes his North-West Contingency. We are the economic police.

Photo by Pat Graham

Frodus – Explosions

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25 Responses to “Frodus Reuniting for Free SXSW Show”

  1. On 03/6/09 5:37 PM, Sergio Hernandez said:

    SO. FUCKING. THERE.

  3. On 03/6/09 6:20 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    Good band, but having to extract simple information from the undercover operative/faulty cog persona thing became tedious after the first few press releases.

  5. On 03/6/09 6:30 PM, Barack Obama said:

    I’m Barack Obama, and I approve of this message.

  7. On 03/6/09 7:24 PM, Dylan said:

    OH MY GOD! That last bit makes me suspect that Nathan Burke will be involved in some East coast shows, I’m so hoping this is the case. I NEED to see Frodus live

  9. On 03/6/09 8:11 PM, Shanetera said:

    GG if you’re going.

  11. On 03/6/09 8:14 PM, Rick Roll said:

    I love living in texas.

  13. On 03/6/09 8:50 PM, Evan said:

    this just made my day.

  15. On 03/7/09 1:03 AM, matt said:

    “Austin will be the first of several public forums to address current global conditions forewarned by the FCI in years past.”

    hopefully there is a public forum in chicago soon

  17. On 03/7/09 1:11 AM, Ben said:

    one of my favorite bands that i never got to see. and ill be in houston march 27th. awesome timing. damnit.

  19. On 03/7/09 12:18 PM, crackle mcgee said:

    Jay – have some fun, okay?

  21. On 03/7/09 2:36 PM, Howard said:

    If Burke isn’t there, it’s not Frodus. At least not the Frodus I loved.

  23. On 03/7/09 5:31 PM, Dylan said:

    Though I love Burke’s playing, for me Shelby is the one who makes it the Frodus I know and love

  25. On 03/7/09 5:43 PM, The 1/3 said:

    I feel like Burke’s influence is what’s been missing from Shelby’s post-Frodus post-hardcore projects.

  27. On 03/7/09 10:14 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    crackles…I only have fun when listening to the Jonas Bros.

  29. On 03/7/09 10:38 PM, marquis said:

    burke is great. jake brown from twothirtyeight also did a great job playing bass for them on that last decahedron ep. im surprised he’s not playing this show!!

  31. On 03/9/09 9:36 PM, andy said:

    i just got hard

  33. On 03/22/09 9:30 AM, xcorex said:

    In case you missed it…

    http://vimeo.com/3782023

    super HD:

    http://exposureroom.com/frodusx

  35. On 03/22/09 9:12 PM, John Crowley said:

    Frodus destroyed at the Red Seven in Austin at a free show. So tight and incredible! Best band of the festival I saw. High Tension Wires were really cool too that night. Frodus only played about 20 minutes or less though, which is weird because they headlined. But at the end of the last song some drunken dude hit the mic into the leader singer’s face so the dude kind of kicked the dude out of the way, so the dude tried to pour beer on his guitar… 2 seconds later the bouncer tackles the dude on the concrete and beer splashes all over my pant leg. The best! Frodus fucking rules.

  37. On 03/22/09 9:13 PM, John Crowley said:

    Frodus destroyed at the Red Seven in Austin at a free show. So tight and incredible! Best band of the festival I saw. High Tension Wires were really cool too that night. Frodus only played about 20 minutes or less though, which is weird because they headlined. But at the end of the last song some drunken dude hit the mic into the leader singer’s face so Frodus’s singer kind of kicked the dude out of the way, so the sing tried to pour beer on his guitar… 2 seconds later the bouncer tackles the dude on the concrete and beer splashes all over my pant leg. The best! Frodus fucking rules.

  39. On 03/22/09 10:33 PM, matthew said:

    wow. awesome. i left the night before, so i missed it. looks like Lyam (Liam?) from Dillenger Escape plan on bass, yeah?

  41. On 03/23/09 11:43 AM, Rick Roll said:

    frodus ruled at the radio room!
    best show ever they went on right after van pelt
    what an amazing show!

  43. On 03/23/09 12:13 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    Looked like an awesome set. I saw them once live and they were awfully subpar – I assumed they were having an off day.

  45. On 03/23/09 2:00 PM, Sergio Hernandez said:

    Great set. Should be sending Sean some pictures tonight.

  47. On 03/25/09 11:29 AM, Deceptix said:

    I feel like Cinca’s influence is what’s been missing from Nate’s post-Frodus post-hardcore projects.

  49. On 04/28/09 2:14 PM, Todd B. said:

    frodus has announced 6 more reunion shows. 3 with liam from dillinger, 3 with jake from decahedron and twothirtyeight http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2009/04/24/frodus-announce-east-coast-tour/

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